C. 011 Natural Product Degradation During Extraction and/or Chromatography The shrub Baeckea frutescens (Myrtaceae) has long been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of rheumatism and snake bites, and a recent examination of a dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts revealed the presence of a number of structurally unique compounds. The major component of the extract was shown to have structure 1.